David Wheeler wrote: > On May 16, 2006, at 16:53, Mark Dilger wrote: > >> Sorry, I meant to say that it should only be a no-op according to the >> language >> specification, as I understand it. The fact that it works suggests >> to me that >> the implementation of PL/pgsql has been modified (or broken?). >> Whether the >> change is a bug or an intentional feature change, I don't know. > > > Ah, yes, I agree, and that's why I posted my query. > >> mark >> >> P.S., Looking through the documentation, I don't immediately see the >> spec for >> how a regular '=' is supposed to work, but assignment is documented >> as using the >> ':=' syntax and says nothing about '='. > > > Exactly. But I use = all the time for comparision: > > IF FOUND = TRUE THEN > .... > END IF > > Best, > > David
It seems this has been answered before, by Tom Lane: http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-novice/2006-04/msg00138.php ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
